The accused preserved a calm demean our throughout the trial, which took a sensational turn thi when the defence declined o produce certain evidence.
First news of the detention of Able Seaman Dwyer for the crime of which he has now been acquitted was received here on 9, wher the Dorsetshire on her way to Manil from Singapore, was ordered to divert her course to Hongkon; The hearing of the c airist Able Seaman Dwyer opened on June 7, when the accused was formally charged with the murder of Abe Seaman Dickinson.
Dickinson was said to have been shot while asleep On the afternoon of. June 21, the judge, jury and counsel taking part in the trial wear on board the Dor. sets hire to view the spot where the crime was then alleged to have token place.
Able Seaman Dwyer was the first foreigner to be tried for murder in Hongkong for more than twenty years, He pleaded not guilty to the charge.—Reuter, HE Opium Advisory Committee of the League of Nations passed a resolution yesterday afternoon to draw the attention of the League Council to the seriousness of the narcotics situation in the Far East, as revealed by debates during the present session.
The Committee requested the Council to take the most energetic measures possible to remedy the situation.
It also drew attention to last year's resolution, which declared that the situation in China showed that the efforts of the Chinese Government had brought about an improvement, whereas the situation in the regions now under Japanese influence had "deteriorated to an alarming extent."
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